Nonlinear optical characterization of conjugated polymers

• Grant number: 13/03112-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2013
• End date: March 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Cleber Renato Mendonça
• Grantee: Kleber Rosalvo Alencar Cardoso
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/12399-0 - Femtosecond pulses applied to nonlinear optics: spectroscopy, pulse shaping and microfabrication, AP.TEM

Abstract

This project of undergraduate research aims at studying the process of absorption of two photons in the family of polifluorenes polymers. The polifluorenes constitute a new and interesting class of conjugated polymers that have been studied mainly with respect to their structural and electrical properties. However, few studies have been conducted with regard to the study of its nonlinear optical response. Thus, the realization of this project will allow the student to study both nonlinear optical processes in a new material and become familiar with experimental techniques in the field of optics. (AU)